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THE MOEJSrmGTlWE9, STOTCAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1897W998SSSSS03GX2eCSSS1 This Tree MfcM I1 Reach to China I !CSSSeSS3S3(SSSSS3GSGGXi5iaA tree that Tivnls in height and age themonarebs or the redwood forests in California hag just been cut into sections out inthe "State or Washington. An idea or itselze may be gained rrom the fact that; irsawed into inch strips, the lumber madefrom the tree would fill ten of the largestsized freight cars, and mips of wood, ifplaced, end to end, would reacli from thetown -where the tree now is New Whatcom across the Pacific to the land of LiHuns Chang.The Lumbermen Declare- That ThisThe section or the tree which is shown inthe accompanying illustration is so thickthat it would be necessary foi a man whowished to see over it either to procure aladder or else stand upon the shoulders ofa tall man, who, in turn, should perch inthe same way upon a man equal to himself in height. The total height or the treeas 465feet,oraboutone-eighth of amlle.To the point where the first limb branchedout was 220 Teet. At the base the circumference was found to be 33 feet and 11inches There was not throughout the treethe slightest indication of unsoundness.There is a way to tell the age of everytree. The problem is solved bv studyingthe number of rings that are clearly diseernlble when the saw has severed thegreat mass of wood into sections Thistest showed tiiat the Washington tree wasat least 4 SO years old There are fiercestorms in the Cascades every winter. Thewind blows tremendously But the bigtree lias gone through all this weather foralmost five centuries.The tree was as straight as an arrowfrom its base to the f irsllimb, and, curiouslyenough, the trunk maintained an equallystern position to the topmost point Hadthe limbs teen 6honi awaj. then the baretrunk would have towered from ground totip -105 feet without the slightest bend orcrook. It was of the species known as theWashington fir.Its splendid regularity can be best understood by those who visited the World'sFair at Chicago, and remember in frontor the Washington State building thegigantic pole which extended so far fromthe eaith toward the sky that at firstglance it was difficult to discern wherethe pole ended. Terhaps an even IretterIdea of the size of the tree could be gainedfrom the Tact that if it were sawed intolumber it would make 9G.343 fcec of theregulation size boaid. This amount oflumber would serve for the constructionof eight cottages, two stories high, eachcontaining seven rooms.The task of felling this huge tree wasno slight one He would be a venturesomewoodsman, indeed, who would attack sucha monster with an ax, and it would takehim nearly a lifetime to make any impression. The only way in which it couldbe managed was with the old-time implement of the sawyer, the ciosscut saw.Silt. AND MRS. BOWSER.The Head of the U.ui;e Says Thingsto 3Irs. Bowser, But He Get theWoi si of It as Usual.Nothing in particular ailed Mr. Bowserthe other evening when he stalled homefrom the orrice, but if the average husbnnd doesn't make a kick ever so often,he is not on good tei ins with himseir. Thetime had come for Mr Bowser to kick andhe lost no time after getting into the hall.Mrs. Bowser was there to welcome him,but he hung up his hat and turned on herwith:"Woman, why don't you gather up allthe sheets and blankets and coats and hatsin the house and hang them on this halltree, and make a regular Maypole of it?"There was only one extra hat on Ihetree, and that belonged to Mr Bowser, andhe had hung it there; but Mrs Bowser wastoo politic to dispute him. She led theway to the dining-room, and he scuffedalong after her, every footstep showingthat he was out of sorts, and meant toraise a row. Before sitting down to thetable he looked around, and his eye happened to notice a crack in the glass overone of the pictures, and he exclaimed:"Been at woik with the axe again, haveyou? Why didn't you .smash the whole of'oin while you were about it?"Mr. BoAser had cracked the glass himself a month before, but "why say so andhear him deny it? He fell into his chairntthe head or the table with a growl, andns Mrs. BoWber had planned an extra gooddinner she hoped the wor-t had passed. Ithadn't oven begun, however."What have you got here an oldboot?" he demanded, an he staited tocarve the chicken and stopped with kuireand fork held' aloft."It's a young and tender chicken oneor the nicest I could buy," the humbly replied. "Chicken, eh? Well. I never shouldhave believed it. And I suppose theseare sweet potatoes?""Yes.""We "will call them so, but I took themfor knots from the -woodpile. Did ourbakery burn down during the day?""No, dear.""I thought it might, ns I see you havegome cobblestones here in place of rolls.Nice dinner for a hungry man to sit downwWmVfflk3 wWmMm .mS mWimlnto! I'm so glad I didn't dlntTatthe club!"ltwasa dinner ritfor any man toslttlowuto, but Mrs. Bowser realized that she wouldonly make the matter worse by argument,and therefore held her peace, or rathersought to chunge the conversation byteihng liim of a .street car accident she hadwitnessed that day."I see," he replied, when she had finished. "TJie motonnan had probably beeneating one or jour salads, and that's thereason he bumped into the wagon. Thewonder is that he did not mn over haira dozen people."Mrs. Uowsetliad intended to ask himto take cyfo the theater that evening,but sechfg how "off" lie was Hie gaveit up, and on icturnlug to the fitting roomsat down to a book, while lie picked upTree, Sawed Into Fine Strips, "Wouldhis newspaper. Mr. Bowser didn't mean togive it up that way, however, and afterglancing over his paper he suddenly demanded: "Mrs. Bowser, is this a house or awigwam?""Why, what do you mean?""Just what I said. If it's a house,then we need a housekeeper. If it's awigwam, or a hole in the ground, or anEskimo hut, then you arc running it bangup. Last night, Mrs. Bowser, last night,when I went to put on my night shirt itwas not to be found. I presume it hadgone down to the cook to be used as amop, or perhaps you had flung it out of thewindow foi the children to play horse withAn Eskimo or a Digger Indian might putup with such things, but I can't get usedto 'em. Can't you spare the time to tellme where that night shut went to?""It was rolled up and placed under yourpillow, and I found it there this morning," she replied.He knew it ab well as she did, as hesaw it when he got up. The fact was,he was in a hurry to get to bed, and forgotto change, but he must hold some one toblame, and why not her?"And as I looked out or the back windowthis morning," he went on after a bit,"I saw at least a dozen clothespins scattered about the yard. The cook doesn'tcare, or course, how she reduces us topoverty, as she can rind another place; butir you had any care Tor our ruiancial future you would have an eye out for suchthings. I do not wish to rind fault, butwhen 1 see such evidences of utter recklessnessl can't help butspenk about them.""They were picked up before noon,"quietly replied Mrs. Bowser, "and arenow in the basket. I bought 500 of apeddler for ten cents, and the girl is notas carefol of them as she might be. However, not one of them has been lost up todate."Mr. Bowser didn't know whether hehad the besVor the worst or that argument, but, as his object was to pass a verypleasant evening, he searched about for.something else to find fault with, andsoon discovered it. Said he"A few days ago I bought a garbageIjciiiu"Is this ancan, costing SI. I observe that it is already sadly banged about. When you wishto exorcise, why don't you hang up thepunching bag Instead of pounding the canagainst the wall? I am not a faultfinder,but I can't see my house go to destruction without saying a word now and-then."Mrs. Bowser looked up from her book,but made no reply, and feeling that hehad scored a point Mr. Bowser chuckledto himself and presently observed:"Thero Is another thing I wish to speakof, now that I happen to think of it.Most women pride themselves on the smnllnessandtrimnessof theirfect. Youseem toLr&n f em'w yi- ' xjifmsti fzF. .TfSS EMkT 'ihave no pride in that direction. If yourfeet have splattered all over the house Iam not going to blame you, but if itisonlythe way you wear your shoes, then I'lllend you a pair of mine to reduce thenize.""You see those Bhoos?" she queried,as she pushed out her feet. "Well, theycost $2.r0, and I have worn them for bixmonths. During that time you have hadthree pairs of $5 Hioes, but you can't affordbetter for me. While other ladles won'tlook ntshocs at less than$G,T mustlook fora price to fit a working girl. If you willkindly lend me a pair of your shoes I willbe ever so much obliged."That was another on Mr. Bowser, andhe turned red and white, and waited twoor three minutes before saying:Reach to China From Now Whuteoni."I was looking in the directory todayto see if there was such a place in townas a sock asylum a sort of home where mencan go and get their sockb darned. I havea dozen pairs, but all are out at the heels.Perhaps you know of an asylum?".Mrs Bowser made no reply, but goingupstairs to her dresser, she brought downeight pairs of socks which were in perfectcondition, and laid them before him."Y-e-s," said Mr Bowser, pretendingnot to see. "I gave you another thing Ishould like to mention. I gave you moneyonly last week to buy coal, and I want toknow ""I bought coal," she interrupted, "andit will last us three or four weeks yet.""But about the gas bill. Mis. Bowser?Here we have longer days and no companycoming in, and yet the bill for the lastmonth was ""Was $2 less. Mr. Bowser. There it Is,and you can see for yourself."She had him on tha-. and he re.ilied thathe was g'-tting the worst of it. He. therefore, rose up and said:"Mrs Bowser. I did intend to spend apleasant e.-cning a5 home, but being as youseem bound and determined to spoil it. Iwill go out and pass three or four hours atthe club. Just go to bed whenever youwish and don't mind me. Whenever a husband bus no home, you know when hiswife isn't willing to make things pleasantfor him when when "And he put on his overcoat and hat andwentout and walked up and down n ml shivered, and then loafod Tor half an hour in adi ug store, and then talked politics with thebutcher until his toes were frostbitten, andas he rinally staited for home he congratulated himseir that he had taught Mrs. Bowser a lesion she would not soon forget andupheld his authority as lord and master.Didn't Caleb I). WebMer.Daniel Webster, Tazewell, and Gen.Jackson's Secretary of .the Navy wereonce walking togethei on the north bankof the Potomac, and while Webster lingered a little in the rear, Tazewell offeredto bet Branch a $10 hat that he couldprove him to be on the other side of theriver "Done," said Branch. "Well,"'arxJ Aold boot?"said Tazewell, pointing to the oppositeshore, "isn't that one side of the river?""Yes." "Well, isn't this the other side?"'"Yes." "Then, as you are here, are yonnot on the other bide?" "Why, I declare,"said the victim, "so it is; but here coniesWebster. I'll win back my bet from him."As Daniel came up Branch saluted himwith, "Webster, I'll bet you a $10 hat Ican prove you are on the other side of theriver." "Done." "Well, isn't this oneside?" "Yes." "Well, isn't that theother side?" "Yes, but I am not on thatside." Branch had to pay for two hats,and learned that It is possible to bet bothways and win upon neither1CARL DUXDElt AGAIN.lie Opens, a Combination tm,i Welcomes the General Public.If you don't read me sometimes in dcrpaper, dot vims all right, for maypo youcan't read. 1 vhnsCjarl Dundor, who don'trind nottings twotUmea alike, in America.One day a m;incum in my place und drinksmy beer and rcartsjuy .gas meter, und dutfat police sergeant says I vlias bwindledunci should look oudC. Next daj anotherman cuius und act Hiufit the same, undI gir him der boot, undylias fined S"25 undsome cost. One time an oxpress man cumamil a package und collects fifo tollur, undvhen 1 open him he vims a 'big stone. Dotfat police sergeant says I viiasgreenhortfs,und don't know somebody. Next day dotj oxpress man cuius mit a package und Ifight mit him, und haC to pay feet'iy tollar. 'One day dur man who makes der taxescums in my place und drinks four beersund says he-makes mytnxus lower. I goby dcr police sergeant; und he laughs at meund says r better go. back to Shermany.Next day another man comes to drink mybeer und see about taxes, und I run him outund vhas in troubles. If somebody vliasnobody, how you going io tell about it?By und by I vhas tired uud start a comicalmanac. She vhas Carl J Minder's Shermanalmanac. She vhas pictures. She vhasfuiiii-. She vhas bo tunny dot I laugh allnight und can't sleep, uud my ole woman'slaugh und rail down stairs und break aleg. .My son Shake, he laugh, too, and hafhome fits und cost me $20, und so I gifoop der bizness. I shange dot alnianaoover und make him serious und pa tlietic, unddot vhu.s bad for me. I weep all daylongund my oltlt woman's vhas like me, undmy son Shake, he cries till we bar to callder doctor. It vhas sooch sadness dotder butcher on der corner can't attend topr-esnesb more, und der shoemaker in dermiddle oT der block feels so badt dot hehangs himself. Dot makes me go omit ordotalmanac pecsness und try sometlng else.Ladles and Sheiitleinenh I like to intioJuce myself in m new peesness. Ihaf opened some saloons for beer, butshe has dlwided of r jn two pieces. Onevhas for beer und der ondcr one for amuseum. It has no sharge to go Inor come oudt, und stay ash long as joulike. You can stay in or ataj oudtshe vhas der same to me Dot beervhas for sale at der usual price, undshe vhas ten X's, but If jou don't vhantfO'ne jou go bj der museum und shevhas slu.st der same She vhas innocent for women und children, und no onevhas made better lor seeing my place.My ton, Shake.gotderideaof der museum,und der oldt womans, she bar an idea ofworking del two In harmony. Shake vhasgo ng to sell der beer, vhile I shall keepdot museum ninnlng all K. O.I like to c.i 11 your attention, to my lulu.I don't know he vhas a lulu till der manwho sells him to me girs me dot pointer.I belief all der time he vhas a stuffedcat, mit glass eyes und 'a bob tail. Dotlulu vhus from Arrlca'J und he vhas sofierce dot efen dor" elephants run avhayTroui him. If a 'innh should meet a luluin an African forest at midnight, God helpdot man! He would shust hear one awfulscream, uud den ho would to in kindlingwood, und dot lulu would drink his bloodund scream, Ha! ha! ha! Nopody shall beafraid of my lulu because he vhasdeadt uud can't fight, und because I vhasut hand to protect the wimliio una shlldrens. I like to -ay, m conclusion, dot nopobyshullpokehniiiuitu .-lick, und dot hevhas der onl specime.ii ' effor brought toAmerica. Sometime rfot police sergeantsays I hasa lulu myself, but he don't haftime to point himseir.In dot 1'i'xt cage, you find der hodag.I don't know tomc,.hdngs until 1 buyhim for $ir. I b'clfef. he vhas a stuffedfox, und I slimlle at him, but der manshe brings me pi oofs dat he vhas right.Dot hodag vhas frmn Australia, vherche goes loammg aiouudt to cat eaferypod oop. Vhile h has a shmall animalhe has a big appetite, und if he don't eatone man a day he vhas hungiy. He don'tfear nopody. If you incit him vhen youvliis walking out jou vhas gon' opp derspout. He bhunips on jour back urd rbngsj-ou down, and for ten minutes he toysmit jou und makes you belief he vhas allin fun. You pet him und call him fonnames, und belief you vhill go home: butlit HmmpsTib j-ou und you vhas in heavenin two minutes. Nopody else lias a museummit a hodag in it. He vhas not to be had.Dis one vhas found deadt. und he vhaswalued at ten tousand dollar. He don'thurt nopody unless j-ou poke him in dcreye mit an umbrella. In conclusion, I vhillsaj- dot tie more beer j-ou drink in dersaloon part der bigger dot hodag looks inder museum.It glfs me pleasure to speak of dotdodo in dot thiid rage. He vluus rareYou may go bj ten museums uud joudon't find him. My oldt woman saidhe vhas hair turkey, but I pay $20 forhim und find oudt he vhas a dodo. Ivhas hot so very well posted ahoudtdot dodo, as tier man who sells him tome has to go right away to Chicago,but I know he has a badt bird. He corneafrom Switzerland; und ho flies aboudtund looks for woinans and shildrcns Ifhe finds one outdoors it vhas goodbj- !Jescreams two times und seizes dot wictimund bears him off to his nest, und it vhasno good to follow after Some tla.v you mayfind some bones, dot vhas all. A full growndodo, like the one j-ou see before jo.t,caneat one woman or two shildren efery day,undsuch vhas der rear or him dot no Swisswoi'ian goes oudt by her hog pen mldout arope around ther waist. You can see byhis tail dot dis bird Hies by night as wellas bj- day IT a girl stands oudt by hergate at night waiting for iter Tellers tocome along, maype dot feiler rinds her undmaypc she vhas whish'. gone oop tiermountains to Teed der dodo. She kicks undscreams und cries for merej', but it vhas nouse. Two years later, mnype, her hatpinvhas found among der rocks, but no more.She vhas inside dot dodo, and der dodocan't be seen.Mj friends. I like you to come in und callon me und look arouudt. She vhas no Treelunch, and she vhas no prize package, bubshe vhas a respectable place, und youvhas interested. If you go by my streetyou sec one door mit a sign of "Carl Dunder's Saloon" on it. A little vhays onyou see another door mit a sign of "CnrlDundei's Museum"' on it. Dot vhas allright. You can't getinto two places byone tloor. und so nopody makes a mistake.If you go in by onealoor und don't like itj'ou can go oudt und see some other doorund make her all right. If some innocent people call for beer he shall haf it undbe welcome, p jt if she.shust likes to see dermuseum nopody vhill say a word. It vhasmy principles to make eaferpody feel athome und iiaf so nu,gopdtlmc.. L vhasopenenter j' day and eveningsln der week exceptSoondaj". uud I vhas always glad to explain uud be friendlj. Tlense rememberdot she vhas free to all. uud dot mj saloonvhas in two pieces one for der saloon uudone fur de museum. In-de one place wasmy sou Shake und ten X beer; In der odervhas me und der lulu, and all of her vhashappj' to see der poobllc.A CUBE FOR TOOTHACHE.How the Colonel Was Relieved of aaiost Cuntnulicrous Pain.One morning the colonel rolled out ofhis blankets with the jumping toothache, and, though he exhausted all theremedies in camp, notlring had any ef-feet; It was forty miles to the nearesttown, with the chances against finding adentist there, and it was finally decidedto appeal to one of the cowboys on hisstation, five miles away. He came overin response to a message, and, after takinga look at the tooth, which was a doubleonen the upper Jaw, the cowboy said:"Kurnel, I can shoot that tooth out asslick as grease if you don't mind thescar it will leave on your cheeks.""Snoot it out!" shouted the colonel."Whj man, jou must be crazy!""Wall, mebbe I kin pick in enoughpowder to blow it out.""Never.""Might chuck it out 'with a piece ofiion and a stone," continued the cowboy.i .&C3P- X 'J h'( M VJoS "-SCIlls Toothncho Was Gone"And you might go to Texas andbeyond,"exclaimed the suffering and indignantma n."I'm only telling j-ou how we do it, outhere, and ir you dont' want- that toothout you'll hev to stand the pain."The rowlioy started for his station, butafter a gallop of a mile he returned tobeckon the rest or us aside and said:"lie seems to be a purty bquar' bort oman, though a leetle tecchy, and I'm sorryfor him. Is he a good rider?""Only fair.""Kin he shoot?""Not very straight.""Then I think I kin cure that toothache."He spent two minutes unfolding the plotand then went over to the sufferer andsaid."Kurnel, I've cum back to say j-ou ar'abooby.'"What!" yelled the colonel, as hesprang up from his seat before the campfire. "A boobj- and a squaw, kurnel, ami likewise a dinned old liar!"The colonel jumped for him, but the cowboj dodged and ran for his horse. We hadanother ready saddled, with two loadedrevolvers in the hoKters. and the "booby"sprang into the saddle and gave chase.After getting out on the prairie half amile, the cowboy began to circle and shootand jell, and Ihe colonel followed him andshot away the whole twelve bullets without sending one within five feet of 1dm.Wnen the twelfth one hail been fired, thekind-hearted cowboy rode otf at the topor hisspced, andtlie colonel exune into campto dismount and saj:"Get me a hundred cartridges and myown horse, and I'll follow that man to theend of the earth!"The Artificial Wings"How's the toothache, colonel?" wasasked."Toothache! Why, it's all gone, and I'llhave that fellow's scalp if I have to stayout here all summer!"WORKING A RACKET.An Episode in the History of BaldKnob Succinctly Related.Bald Knob City was made up of twoshanties and a blacksmith shop, and there-was vso little travel over the mountain trailthat when the old man Baker went overthere from Griggsville and opened asaloon everybody said he was crazy. Aweek later, when he got in a stock offive barrels of whiskj-, they said hewouldn't be able to dispose or ten gallonsin a lifetime. The old man merelj smiledwhen questioned, and most of 'em let itgo that he had become light in the topstorj. Two weeks after he had becomeestablished at Bald Knob the newspapersfor a hundred miles around published itemsto the effect that one Jack AIcKaj wasgoing to jump from Bald Knob on a certain day. The mountain was plumb upand down on the west side, with a heightof 900 feet, and Jack was to make thejump for $100.Twenty-four hours before the date fixedpeople began pouring into Bald Knob CitjOld man Baker had put up a tent, in which100 men found shelter for the night at $2per head. Every man who arrived drankTvhlsky whisky from Baker's rive barrels.The four men who waited on the barcouldn't keep up with the demand. Bj'noon or Wednesday 3,000 men had assembled, and none but womenandchildren wereleft In Griggsville, Blue Top or YankeeDoodle. Three thousand men means 3,000drinks of whiskj' at frequent intervals, andfor everj- drink a quarter of a dollar hadto be handed over the bar. The jump wastotake place at 3 o'clock inthe afternoon, andat 2 o'clock the crowd was fighting forchoice positions. There was time for 3,000,ff- t n.irT-m-J.1 i y viT&rJmore drinks, however, but the three thousandth man was disappointed.The old man Baker tapped on everj- oneof the five barrels and pronounced thernas drj" as a bone. At a quarter to threeJack McKay appeared on the crest or themountain, and the mob crowded closer andcheered him. At that moment also a manand two mules left the town, going east.The man was riding one mule and leadingthe other, and the lead mule had freight onhis back."Look! Look! He's going to jump!'shouted 3,000 men, and then a deep hushfell upon the multitude.Tiie man straightened up, looked abouthim as if taking a farewell view of earthand was about to jump when he didn't.He sent down a piece of paper, which wascarried along for haira mile bj- the breezebefore It could be secured. On it he hadwritten:"The circus lias been postponed for several weeks or more!"The crowd looked up and howled andgroaned, but Jack McKay was not to be-i.n Then they thought of whiskyand ohlBaker, and surged down upon the saloon.Five empty barrels lay there, but Bakerwas several miles away with his muleload of coin, and thtumh he was pursued hecould not be overtaken.ARTHUR DUKSTROWS SISTKR.The Solo Heir to Millions Will Recome a Nun.Hulda Duestrow, sister of Dr. ArthurDuestrow, w4io was hanged Tuesday atUnion, Mo., Tor the murder of his wifeand child, and sole heir to the Duestrowmillions, will, It is said, turn her backof Arthur Stentzel, the German Authority on Aerial Isavisatlon.upon the world and bury herself in aCatholic convent. It has been currentlybelieved that she would marry LouisTrost, a young school teacher at Trenton, 111., who is the nephew of Miss KateSauter, who is her duenna, but she andMiss Sauter both emphatically deny this.By the terms of the will Miss Hulda'sannuity will be $30,000, but should she diewithout issue, the fortune is to be devoted to certain charities named by the elder Duestrow. She Is not a Catholic byeducation or heritage, but says a convent is the only place she can hope to escape comment. When she becomes a nunher annuity will go to the church.Miss Duestrow sees practically no one.She never goes out alone. There is scarcelja girl In St. Louis, no matter how poor shemay be, who Is. not happier than this richman's daughter.rollingin the lap of wealth.Though scarcely twenty years old, Mis3Duestrow weighs about 200 pounds. Cincinnati Enquirer.Sunflower Philosophy.An Atchison tociety woman acknowledges that she worecopper-toed shoes whenshe was a child.A funeral In a family reveals a greatmany surprising kinships that no numberof parties and receptions bad ever madepublic.A woman's idea of a man good and trueIs one, who, on Sunday afternoon, reads tohis child the little paper it received atSunday school that day.EEEE3333S333a333333333aaEB15g A Machine taat Seems 5! B . ,-, T.t- -rrj aa33333333333333333333333333Berlin, Feb. 27. Herr Arthur Stcntzel,or Altona, believes he has solved the problem or aerial navigation. It has lonp beenthe aim of the flying machine enthusiastto construct something that would prac-Itically be the prototype of a bird. Therein, it has been firmly believed, lies thebecret of locomotion through the air. It laon this principle that Herr Stentzel hasconstructed bis machine. Its two greatsections resemble the wings of a giganticBird. With them the Inventor declares thathe can move through the air for four orfive minutes and alight without injury.At first the Stentzel machine gives theimpression that it is like that which madePror. Lillienthal famous. But the beautyof this machine is, according to the best ofauthority, that it can really fly, and this,too, without breaking the bones of the at!venturous mortal who trusts himself to itThe wings of the Stentzel machine havea spread of about seven yards, and theirsurface is eight and two-fifths yards, alltold. They move through an angle of seventj' degrees, and are curved according toa parabola in a proiiortion of one to twelveCompressed carbonic acid gas Is employedas a motive agent, and the machine isdriven bj- an engine also of Herr SteiitaeT-sinvention- The speed of the engine can bereadily controlled so that the machine canriy at varying velocities Herr Stentzel'sthcoryurion which his machine Is reallybased, is. practically that of Nadar, whoinslstcd'that a body to be able to fly mustbe heavier than air. This Tact, he said, wasproved bj the undoubted truth that everything that could flj- as, for instance, abird was heavier than the air itself.lie also declared that an apparatus directed by a man only would never fly successfully, because It would prove too weakwithstand the heavy air current- A manIs only able to generate one-half atmospheric horse power, and he can never beable to generate two atmospheric horsepower, which Prof- Lillienthal proved wasnecessary to lift a man weighing 150pounds. HcrrStentzelfound, when becameto consitler carefull- the weight of eachsubstance that went to make up the totalof Itis machine, that the aggregate weightof them all wouldsuru up 300 pounds. Thiswas the basis on which the new inventionwas built.To secure what Is equivalent to onehorse-power it Is necessary tbat a pressure or rive atmospheres be obtained; andthe greater the horse-power, the morecapable is the machine of continued locomotion in the air. This is the point, andhere, Herr Stentzel says, lies the sotatiun of the problem. Can he Jeelop thenecessary horse-power, and will his machine respond to the mechanical stimalusit Urns receives?The inventor mourns, as inventors usually do, the lack or necessary capital tocarrj- on his experiments."After the beginning always comes continuation," continued Herr Stentzel. "Iam sure that there i- no Itonit to the possibilities or my machine. It is Jest likea growing plant. First -ou see the shoocabove the ground, and then it gradunllygrows and waxes strong, and presently icbegins to extendand branch out aad leaveform, and after a while 11 becomes 'onething of which nature herself is proud."The question is now as to the development or power. It takes a lifting powerof sevent j'-hve pounds to enable a machineto riy Tree in the air. Now what I have todo is to regulate and adjust the differentelements of power that they will all act inharmonj. and enable me to take mymachine and fly. not for five minutes, norfor ten minutes, but for as many boursas I Uke-"It has been my aim to Imitate, as nearas possible, the bird. Yoj see, I have thewings- Look at them closely. Did youever see the wing of the Wr spread outflat on a smooth surface? Then yon haveseen a tiny counterpart of the wings ofmy machine. The wings counterfeited, itremains for me to furnish a substitute forthe life, for the power In the bird whichdrives the wings. I believe that In mymotor I have found it."What Paqes Get and Wear.The pages m the Supreme Couit of thoIgnited States are required to wear kniefcerLoekers. Three of the pages are nearlyfull-grown men, and when en the streetthey alwa 5 s wear long trousers. The shortknickerbockera are known a their officialtiousers, and are only worn when the Supreme Court is In session, rages of thocourt receivea salary of $0C a month. Thi3is more than either the Senate or theHouse pages get, their allowance, beingonly $75 a month during the sessions ofCongress. In Congress the pages are notrestricted to any particular kind of trousers. Depew as a, ILover."Dcpcw docs make a good speech," saidGen. Grosvtnor recently. "A good dealabout Depew is In it. He reminds me ofa distinguished widowcrhere In AYashingtonwho has taken on a desire to marry oncemore. Tlis failure to make a harbor causedme to ask one of tbje ladies he showedIiis attentions to why he was not successful. 'I think,' she said, 'that ir he wouldmake love to the ladies as heartily as hodoes to himself he would soon find awife. "